Prior to rewrites and amendments, the recent religious freedom laws enacted in Indiana and Arkansas posed a real threat to the LGBTQ community. The legislation essentially legalized discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs. Though the appropriate changes were made following intense backlash, the fight for equality and human rights continues as more than six states move forward with bills that discriminate against the t...

New research from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire suggests that the ability of the innate immune system’s cells to remember and fight off specific threats may be con...

Megan Purzarang, Contributing WriterHigh hopes that a new vaccine against genital herpes would successfully protect people from the dreaded disease were recently dashed when the vaccine was found to be largely ineffective.The results of the two-year controlled trial published Jan. 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine were doubly discouraging because the vaccine seemed promising in two earlier but narrower studies.“I was qu...

Television studios are beginning to notice that as the use of social networking increases, marketing becomes more important. This comes as no surprise. The Internet has created an entirely different form of communication. Now, members of the media scramble to attract an audience while adopting social networking into everyday operations. Awards season is almost over, and the one thing each awards show has in common is they’...